01-17-2022, 10:31 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-17-2022, 10:31 AM by danbrotherston.)
(01-16-2022, 10:46 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(01-16-2022, 10:22 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Even most Kitchener to Waterloo trips are likely to be under 7km.
It could well be. I did check and a trip from Clair Hills (our team has two people in that area) to DTK is almost 10 km. My colleague at my last job (in Waterloo) drove from Pioneer Park to Phillip St, that's 16 km by shortest (not fastest) route. On the other hand, there are many others under 7 km. So, I really don't know.
Yeah, I mean, there are definitely longer trips, but if you look at the population density map, those areas have relatively few people compared with the core. I'm sure T4T or Stats Can collects this data if someone wants to go digging.
That being said, I'm so tired of that bad faith argument. We KNOW lots of people have short commutes that they drive for. I'm not working to convert people who need to commute by car (because of their employment and housing choices), just as I wouldn't be trying to convert people who commute by boat to car because they live on an island. What bugs me is when drivers believe that not only do they want to drive, but that their choice is the right and only choice and everyone else should do what they do. And it's doubly frustrating because 99% of the time the things drivers complain about is caused by "everyone must drive" policies.